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Maximize Healthcare Storage Capacity While Maintaining Easy Access

The InterMetro Top-Track High-Density Shelving System is an overhead-guided healthcare mobile storage solution designed to increase storage capacity in hospitals and healthcare facilities, including central supply departments, sterile processing departments (SPD), laboratories, pharmacy storage areas, and medical supply rooms where organized inventory management and space optimization are essential. Using an overhead track that allows shelving units to move laterally, the system creates a single movable aisle, enabling facilities to eliminate unnecessary fixed aisles and significantly increase usable storage within the same footprint.

This design helps healthcare environments maintain efficient supply organization, quick access to stored materials, and streamlined workflows for clinical and support staff. The overhead track configuration also keeps floors clear, supporting easier cleaning and allowing carts and equipment to move freely through storage areas—an important consideration for facilities focused on sanitation, infection control, and operational efficiency.

Product Overview

The InterMetro Top-Track High-Density Shelving System is engineered to support healthcare environments where efficient storage, sanitation, and accessibility are critical. The system uses an overhead track configuration that allows shelving units to move side-to-side, creating a single active aisle for access while maximizing usable storage space.

Unlike floor-track mobile shelving systems, the Top-Track design keeps floors clear, allowing carts, equipment, and personnel to move freely throughout the storage area while supporting easier cleaning and infection-control practices.

Compatible with several Metro shelving platforms—including Super Erecta®, Super Adjustable Super Erecta®, Super Erecta Pro®, and MetroMax® polymer shelving—the Top-Track System provides flexible configurations for storing medical supplies, sterile instruments, and bulk inventory.

Designed for durability and operational efficiency, the InterMetro Top-Track System helps healthcare facilities optimize storage density, maintain organized inventory, and support efficient clinical workflows.

Key Features

• High-density mobile shelving system designed for healthcare storage

• Overhead track design keeps floors clear for improved cleaning and mobility

• Creates a movable active aisle to maximize available storage space

• Compatible with Metro wire and polymer shelving platforms

• Durable construction designed for demanding healthcare environments

• Ideal for hospitals, sterile processing departments, laboratories, and medical supply storage

Benefits

• Maximizes storage capacity in limited spaces
• Keeps floors clear for easier cleaning
• Creates movable aisles for efficient access
• Supports sterile processing and medical supply storage

Configuration Options

Single-Deep Configurations

Single-deep Top-Track systems can be configured with either wire shelving or polymer shelving, allowing facilities to select the storage platform that best meets their operational needs.

Compatible wire shelving systems

• Super Erecta®

• Super Adjustable Super Erecta®

Compatible polymer shelving systems

• MetroMax i®

• MetroMax 4®

• MetroMax Q®

Double-Deep Configurations

Double-deep configurations are created by joining two Top-Track systems together, increasing the overall depth of the storage system and providing even greater storage capacity.

Double-deep Top-Track systems are available for the following shelving platforms:

• Super Erecta® shelving

• Super Adjustable Super Erecta® shelving

Typical Healthcare Applications

The InterMetro Top-Track System is commonly used in healthcare facilities that require organized, high-density storage and efficient inventory access.

Typical applications include:

• Hospital central supply and medical supply rooms

• Sterile Processing Departments (SPD)

• Operating room supply storage

• Laboratory inventory storage

• Pharmacy storage areas

• Bulk medical supply and consumables storage

By reducing unnecessary aisles and increasing usable storage space, the Top-Track System helps healthcare facilities improve organization, streamline supply access, and support efficient clinical operations.

System Components

A complete InterMetro Top-Track storage system typically includes several integrated components designed for smooth movement and long-term durability.

Key components may include:

• Overhead track rails that guide the movement of shelving units

• Mobile shelving units designed to glide along the track system

• Stationary end units that anchor the system

• Carriage and wheel assemblies for smooth lateral movement

• Shelves and posts compatible with Metro wire or polymer shelving systems

• Track stops and guide mechanisms for safe operation

System configurations can be customized to accommodate room layouts, storage capacity requirements, and compatible Metro shelving platforms.

Why Healthcare Facilities Choose InterMetro Top-Track Shelving

InterMetro is widely recognized for durable, healthcare-grade storage solutions designed specifically for medical environments. The Top-Track system integrates with Metro shelving components, allowing healthcare facilities to build custom medical supply shelving systems that meet the needs of both small storage rooms and large central supply areas.

Because the system uses overhead track guidance rather than floor rails, it helps maintain cleanable surfaces and unobstructed floors, an important consideration in healthcare environments focused on infection prevention and facility maintenance.

Frequently Asked Questions About High-Density Shelving Systems

What is high-density shelving?

High-density shelving systems are mobile storage systems that allow shelving units to move laterally on tracks. Instead of fixed aisles between every shelving unit, a single movable aisle provides access to stored supplies. This design increases storage capacity while maintaining efficient organization and access.

How much storage capacity can high-density shelving provide?

High-density shelving systems can increase storage capacity by eliminating unnecessary fixed aisles between shelving units. In many healthcare storage areas, these systems can increase usable storage space within the same room footprint.

Where are high-density shelving systems used in hospitals?

Hospitals commonly install high-density shelving systems in central supply departments, sterile processing departments (SPD), pharmacy storage areas, laboratory supply rooms, and operating room supply storage areas where efficient organization and space utilization are important.

What is the difference between top-track and floor-track shelving systems?

Top-track shelving systems use an overhead track to guide shelving units, keeping floors clear for easier cleaning and movement of carts and equipment. Floor-track systems use tracks mounted to the floor, which can create obstructions and may require additional cleaning around the track system.

What types of shelving can be used with high-density mobile shelving systems?

High-density shelving systems can support multiple shelving platforms depending on the configuration. In healthcare environments, common options include wire shelving systems such as Super Erecta® and polymer shelving systems such as MetroMax® designed for durability and sanitation.

Why do healthcare facilities use mobile shelving systems?

Healthcare facilities use mobile shelving systems to maximize storage capacity, improve supply organization, and maintain efficient access to medical supplies. These systems help hospitals store more inventory in limited spaces while supporting efficient workflows for clinical and support staff.

Resources:

Short on Shelf Space? Optimize With High-Density Shelving

Advantages of Polymer Shelving in Sterile Processing Departments

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